In 2017 once again Keep It Real is a partner of Street Of Styles. This event is unique, and has an atmosphere very different from the other festivals that happen in the annual calendar. It's like a holiday colony for graffiti artists, haha ... with beautiful walls of all sizes and shapes on all sides, reunion of friends from various states and countries, lots of beer and black book sessions, and a fucking mess of idioms and different accents between Brazilians and "gringos". But no big deal, in the end everybody understands each other.

To instigate the nostalgia, here are some records of the last years of "Streets":

They are represented by the letters SAC. Sometimes, SAK.They use different tools and methods to scrawl the street.Artistic concepts and disorderly expressions are coexisting.Graffiti occupying the urban environment without losing ties with the bucolic.Visceral crew.Here in this post, the first video by SACrew, recently released on their official youtube channel.

IMPORTANT: The Keep It Real does not stimulate or encourage violence, vandalism or depredation. The media channels of this project are intended only to share what is portrayed on the streets, recorded by its own means or collaborators.

- CARTOON: word that can be applied as a noun or adjective, very common in the scene of Urban Art. Foreign word that refers to a special type of graffiti, used by artists to depict scenarios or characters influenced by infant cartoons influences.

- METIOLOCO: informal expression, created on the Streets, quite common in the city of São Paulo and some other Brazilian suburbs. In general, refers to "get mad", "get crazy", "assume the identity of a mad mind".

- CARTOON METIOLOCO: name of a crew of crazy artists, insane art creators with surreal characters. Term that makes an analogy with the TV channel "Cartoon Network". Reference source for a wide generation of artists worldwide.

If you got a little confused, do not worry. To better understand who are the madmen behind the CARTOON METIOLOCO, and discover the art that they are able to do, take a look at this article. It is true that you will go crazy too, haha!

The crew CARTOON METIOLOCO was founded in late 2013 with the purpose of making a collective only with characters, develop ideas and study. Each of the group members has their own style and personal work. Most do commercial projects, independent jobs, paintings on walls, cars, interiors and everything that can be illustrated. Of course, real vandal on the streets on a daily basis also.

But these guys are really mad, and has done street art a little different from other graffiti crews we found in our trips. In addition to average individual works on walls, the CARTOON METIOLOCO has a history of unusual paintings. We have seen them work in large panels, paintings on cars, trucks and even an whole bus. When I asked them what kind of surface they prefer, the answer was short and direct: "THE BIGGER THE BETTER!"

But, besides the photos, here follows an awesome video one of the last work of the group, edited by one of the crew members, MUKA. In this video you can follow the creative process of a panel that took 5 days to get done, under a persistent and annoying rain. As the panel was created in the city of Londrina, PR, the theme was "Coffee", one of the richness of the region.

If you want to know more about these insane guys, click the links below:

Today's post is dedicated to the launch of a very special project for us, the Collors Trips. Here you will better understand what this project is, how it works, and the plans for the coming months.

WHAT IS THE COLLORS TRIPS?

The Collors Trips was born with the partnership between Keep It Real and Collors Brasil, and deals with graffiti in a very particular way. This project promotes the convening of "artists teams", who embark to "unusual destinations", to fulfill some "graffiti missions". If you think this all sounds crazy, you're right, haha!

During these trips, the production team records the situations experienced by the artists, whether in graffiti practice or just in everyday situations of those who are in a totally unfamiliar environment. There are many challenges that go beyond making art. When arriving at a new destination, the spoken language is different, the clothes are different, the laws are different. Artists never know what will lie ahead in the next instant.

FIRST CHAPTER: MUMBAI, INDIA

In this first chapter, Collors Trips visit Mumbai, one of the most vibrant cities in India. The cultural shock is intense, as the fascination with all the new things that appear: the food is extremely spicy, people walk down the street wrapped in colorful fabrics, children play on cars and trucks parked on the street, traffic is crazy and cows have complete freedom to do what they want.

The team chosen for this adventure consists of five Brazilian artists: AK47 (RJ), BUYU (SP), RIZO (SC), VEJAM (SC) and VALDI (SC). Each of the chosen artists has very different work styles, but somehow come into harmony to achieve the goal.

The mission given to this group of artists was bold: paint a giant panel inside the Mumbai Institute of Technology, for one of the most important worldwide technology conferences, TechFest. It is not easy to align the work of 5 different minds, with a very specific goal, in partnership with several Indian students which hosted the group. The result caught the attention of everyone, including the very creators of the panel.

FROZEN MOMENTS OF MUMBAI

Of course in addition to the video serie, the infinite amount of images captured transmit part of the essence of what was experienced by the artists. In this post, some pictures that can help you to get you closer to Mumbai, and understand how it feels to be part of Collors Trips project.

TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE COLLORS TRIPS

The experience in Mumbai is just the first chapter in a series that will visit many other destinations. To continue watching the Collors Trips, just sign up on the official youtube channel and follow the project's official media. On each journey, several videos will show the experience to take the risk of accepting the unknown.